So, I'm 25 going on 26 in Feb.

I've held my smear test for this long because I wasn't sexually active until now. I attempted my smear test today as I shouldn't really put it off for much longer because I should be doing it or already had done it by now at least. I went today and it was painful (bare in mind I'm not a virgin now) the nurse tried twice but I just couldn't do it because it was so painful as she explained that I was too tense. She told me to relax but I just simply couldn't. She diidn't continue with it after the second go, which was fair on her part. She told me to come back within a few weeks or some point next year to do it again (with Christmas and all) I'm not going to give up completely give up knowing that this test is actually important.

I actually cried going home simply because of embarrassment. I even apologised to the nurse because of it.